Florida Coastal Everglades LTER - Personnel Profiles

Rolando Santos

FCE Site Role
Project Collaborator

Affiliation
Florida International University

Research
Marine spatial ecology, landscape ecology, GIS, trophic dynamics, essential fish habitats

FCE Working groups
Consumers, Consumer-Mediated Nutrient Transport

Contact
- Mailing address:
- Department of Biological Sciences
- Florida International University
- 11200 SW 8th St
- Miami, FL 33199
- Email: rsantosc@fiu.edu

FCE Publications (26)
Journal Articles
Calhoun-Grosch, S., E.M. Foster, W.R. James, R.O. Santos, J.S. Rehage, and J. Nelson. 2023. Trophic niche metrics reveal long-term shift in Florida Bay food webs. Ecosystems DOI: 10.1007/s10021-023-00825-5.

James, W.R., V. Bautista, R. Rezek, J.S. Rehage, and R.O. Santos. 2023. A review of the potential impacts of commercial inshore pink shrimp fisheries on the recreational flats fishery in Biscayne Bay, FL, USA. Environmental Biology of Fishes 106: 349-360.

Rezek, R., W.R. James, V. Bautista, I. Zink, J.S. Rehage, and R.O. Santos. 2023. Temporal trends of Biscayne Bay pink shrimp fisheries catch, economic indicators, and potential interactions with South Florida recreational flats fisheries. Environmental Biology of Fishes 106: 361-379.

Gervasi, C.L., J. Massie, J. Rodemann, S. Trabelsi, R.O. Santos, and J.S. Rehage. 2022. Recreational angler contributions to fisheries management are varied and valuable: Case studies from South Florida. Fisheries 47: 469-477.

Gervasi, C.L., J. Nelson, P.K. Swart, R.O. Santos, R. Rezek, W.R. James, A.E. Jefferson, J.M. Drymon, J. Carroll, R. Boucek, and J.S. Rehage. 2022. Otolith stable isotope micro-sampling to discriminate poorly studied stocks: Crevalle Jack in the eastern gulf of Mexico. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 278: 108130.

Gervasi, C.L., R.O. Santos, R. Rezek, W.R. James, R. Boucek, C. Bradshaw, C. Kavanagh, J.K. Osborne, and J.S. Rehage. 2022. Bottom-up conservation: using translational ecology to inform conservation priorities for a recreational fishery. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 79: 47-62.

James, W.R., R.O. Santos, J. Rodemann, R. Rezek, Z.F. Fratto, B. Furman, M.O. Hall, C.R. Kelble, J.S. Rehage, and J. Nelson. 2022. Widespread seagrass die-off has no legacy effect on basal resource use of seagrass food webs in Florida Bay, USA. ICES Journal of Marine Science 79: 1831-1842.

James, W.R., R.O. Santos, J.S. Rehage, J.C. Doerr, and J. Nelson. 2022. E-scape: Consumer-specific landscapes of energetic resources derived from stable isotope analysis and remote sensing. Journal of Animal Ecology 91: 381-390.

Massie, J., R.O. Santos, R. Rezek, W.R. James, N. Viadero, R. Boucek, D.A. Blewett, A.A. Trotter, P.W. Stevens, and J.S. Rehage. 2022. Primed and cued: long-term acoustic telemetry links interannual and seasonal variations in freshwater flows to the spawning migrations of Common Snook in the Florida Everglades. Movement Ecology 10: 48.

Patrick, C. et al. 2022. A general pattern of trade-offs between ecosystem resistance and resilience to tropical cyclones. Science Advances 8: eabl9155.

Rehage, J.S., R. Boucek, R.O. Santos, J. Massie, N. Viadero, and R. Rezek. 2022. Untangling flow-ecology relationships: Effects of seasonal stage variation on Common Snook aggregation and movement rates in the Everglades. Estuaries and Coasts 45: 2059-2069.

Rodemann, J., W.R. James, R.O. Santos, B. Furman, Z.F. Fratto, V. Bautista, J. Hernandez, N. Viadero, J. Linenfelser, L.A. Lacy, M.O. Hall, C.R. Kelble, C. Kavanaugh, and J.S. Rehage. 2021. Impact of extreme disturbances on suspended sediment in western Florida Bay: Implications for seagrass resilience. Frontiers in Marine Science 8: 633240.

Hogan, J.A. et al. 2020. A research framework to investigate ecosystem responses to tropical cyclones. BioScience 70: 477-489.

Rezek, R., J. Massie, J. Nelson, R.O. Santos, N. Viadero, R. Boucek, and J.S. Rehage. 2020. Individual consumer movement mediates food web coupling across a coastal ecosystem . Ecosphere 11: e03305.

Boucek, R., A.A. Trotter, D.A. Blewett, J.L. Ritch, R.O. Santos, P.W. Stevens, J. Massie, and J.S. Rehage. 2019. Contrasting river migrations of Common Snook between two Florida rivers using acoustic telemetry. Fisheries Research 213: 219-225.

Eggenberger, C., R.O. Santos, T.A. Frankovich, W.R. James, C.J. Madden, J. Nelson, and J.S. Rehage. 2019. Coupling telemetry and stable isotope techniques to unravel movement: Snook habitat use across variable nutrient environments. Fisheries Research 218: 35-47.

Kroloff, E., J. Heinen, K.N. Braddock, J.S. Rehage, and R.O. Santos. 2019. Understanding the decline of catch-and-release fishery with angler knowledge: a key informant approach applied to South Florida bonefish. Environmental Biology of Fishes 102: 319-328.

Macreadie, P.I. et al. 2019. The future of Blue Carbon science. Nature Communications 10: 3998.

Massie, J., B.A. Strickland, R.O. Santos, J. Hernandez, N. Viadero, R. Boucek, H.E. Willoughby, M.R. Heithaus, and J.S. Rehage. 2019. Going downriver: Patterns and cues in hurricane-driven movements of common snook in a subtropical coastal river. Estuaries and Coasts DOI: 10.1007/s12237-019-00617-y.

Rehage, J.S., R.O. Santos, E. Kroloff, J. Heinen, Q. Lai, B.D. Black, R. Boucek, and A.J. Adams. 2019. How has the quality of bonefishing changed over the past 40 years? Using local ecological knowledge to quantitatively inform population declines in the South Florida flats fishery. Environmental Biology of Fishes 102: 285-298.

Santos, R.O., J.S. Rehage, E. Kroloff, J. Heinen, and A.J. Adams. 2019. Combining data sources to elucidate spatial patterns in recreational catch and effort: fisheries-dependent data and local ecological knowledge applied to the South Florida bonefish fishery. Environmental Biology of Fishes 102: 299-317.

Santos, R.O., R. Schinbeckler, N. Viadero, M.F. Larkin, J.J. Rennert, J.M. Shenker, and J.S. Rehage. 2019. Linking bonefish (Albula vulpes) populations to nearshore estuarine habitats using an otolith microchemistry approach. Environmental Biology of Fishes 102: 267-283.

Strickland, B.A., J. Massie, N. Viadero, R.O. Santos, K.R. Gastrich, V.A. Paz, P. O'Donnell, A.M. Kroetz, D. Ho, J.S. Rehage, and M.R. Heithaus. 2019. Movements of juvenile bull sharks in response to a major hurricane within a tropical estuarine nursery area. Estuaries and Coasts DOI: 10.1007/s12237-019-00600-7.

Boucek, R., M.R. Heithaus, R.O. Santos, P.W. Stevens, and J.S. Rehage. 2017. Can animal habitat use patterns influence their vulnerability to extreme climate events? An estuarine sportfish case study. Global Change Biology 23: 4045-4057.

Santos, R.O., J.S. Rehage, A.J. Adams, B.D. Black, J.K. Osborne, and E. Kroloff. 2017. Quantitative assessment of a data-limited recreational bonefish fishery using a time-series of fishing guides reports. PLoS ONE 12: e0184776.

Santos, R.O., J.S. Rehage, R. Boucek, and J.K. Osborne. 2016. Shift in recreational fishing catches as a function of an extreme cold event. Ecosphere 7: e01335.

Recent FCE Leveraged Projects

Effects of freshwater inflows and seagrass die-off on recreational fisheries: A trophic & movement ecology approach
Authors: Rehage, J., R.O. Santos, C.R. Kelble, M.O. Hall, J. Nelson
Funding organization: Everglades National Park
Time period: 01 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2023

An examination of the risk of pharmaceuticals in South Florida: extent and pathways of exposure in a valuable recreational fishery, bonefish
Authors: Rehage, J., R.O. Santos, W.R. James
Funding organization: EPA
Time period: 01 Jan 2022 - 01 Jan 2023

Effects of seagrass die off on recreational fisheries: movement effects
Authors: Rehage, J., R.O. Santos, J. Rodemann
Funding organization: Ocean Tracking Network
Time period: 01 Jan 2020 - 01 Jan 2023

Abiotic effects on movement of Spotted Seatrout and Grey Snapper in response to a seagrass die-off
Authors: Rehage, J., J. Rodemann, R.O. Santos
Funding organization: FACT, Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA)
Time period: 01 Jan 2020 - 01 Jan 2021

Role of Florida Bay coastal embayments as fish habitat: linking the trophic and movement ecology of recreational fisheries
Authors: Rehage, J., T.A. Frankovich, R.O. Santos
Funding organization: South Florida Water Management District
Time period: 01 Jan 2019 - 01 Jan 2021

Examining the threat of pharmaceuticals to South Florida bonefish
Authors: Rehage, J., R.O. Santos, T. Brodin, J. Fick, P. Cardinali
Funding organization: Bonefish & Tarpon Trust
Time period: 01 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2020

Recent FCE Presentations
Santos, R.O.. 2023. Shift in trophic niche characteristics of Common Snook and Atlantic Tarpon in Everglades coastal lakes. Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration (GEER) Meeting, Coral Springs, Florida, April 20, 2023.

White, M., J.S. Rehage, R.O. Santos, R. Rezek, J. Massie, and N. Viadero. 2023. When worlds collide: Consumer nutrient dynamics in the Florida Coastal Everglades. 2023 FCE LTER All Scientists Meeting, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coral Gables, Florida, February 27, 2023.

Santos, R.O.. 2022. The Biscayne Bay commercial shrimp harvest and its potential ecological impacts on recreational fish species. Bonefish & Tarpon Trust 7th International Science Symposium & Flats Expo, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, November 4, 2022.

Linenfelser, J., J.S. Rehage, and R.O. Santos. 2022. Tracing the source of nutrients entering North Central Florida Bay: A stable isotope approach. 2022 LTER All Scientists Meeting, Asilomar, California, September 19, 2022 - September 23, 2022.

Massie, J., R.O. Santos, R. Rezek, W.R. James, N. Viadero, R. Boucek, D.A. Blewett, A.A. Trotter, P.W. Stevens, and J.S. Rehage. 2022. Primed and cued: Linking interannual and seasonal variations in freshwater flows to the spawning migrations of Common Snook in the Florida Coastal Everglades. 2022 LTER All Scientists Meeting, Asilomar, California, September 19, 2022 - September 23, 2022.

Ajavon, A.J., W.R. James, J. Rodemann, J.S. Rehage, and R.O. Santos. 2022. The influence of seagrass succession on nekton biomass distribution in Florida Bay. Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting (JASM), Grand Rapids, Michigan, May 20, 2022.

Massie, J., R.O. Santos, R. Rezek, W.R. James, N. Viadero, R. Boucek, D.A. Blewett, A.A. Trotter, P.W. Stevens, and J.S. Rehage. 2022. Primed and Cued: Linking interannual and seasonal variations in freshwater flows to the spawning migrations of Common Snook in the Florida Everglades. 42nd Annual Meeting of the Florida Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Haines City, Florida, April 5, 2022 - April 7, 2022.

Rodemann, J., R.O. Santos, W.R. James, and J.S. Rehage. 2022. Finding a home in a fragmented world: Multiscale habitat selection of Spotted Seatrout in an area of seagrass recovery. 42nd Annual Meeting of the Florida Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Haines City, Florida, April 5, 2022 - April 7, 2022.

Viadero, N., J.S. Rehage, and R.O. Santos. 2022. Between Dry Rock and a Salty Place: How Hydrology influences the Habitat use of Florida Largemouth bass. 42nd Annual Meeting of the Florida Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Haines City, Florida, April 5, 2022 - April 7, 2022.

White, M., J.S. Rehage, W.R. James, R.O. Santos, and R. Rezek. 2022. When worlds collide: multi-directional movement of fishes and their ecological importance. 42nd Annual Meeting of the Florida Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Haines City, Florida, April 5, 2022 - April 7, 2022.

Massie, J., R.O. Santos, R. Rezek, W.R. James, N. Viadero, R. Boucek, P.W. Stevens, and J.S. Rehage. 2022. Examining the role of hydrologic variation in the seasonal migrations and disturbance-driven movements of Common Snook in the Florida Everglades. Oregon Chapter of the American Fisheries Society 2022 Annual Meeting , Virtual, March 3, 2022.

Massie, J., R.O. Santos, R. Rezek, W.R. James, N. Viadero, R. Boucek, D.A. Blewett, A.A. Trotter, P.W. Stevens, and J.S. Rehage. 2022. Primed and Cued: Linking interannual and seasonal variations in freshwater flows to the spawning migrations of Common Snook in the Florida Everglades. 2022 FCE LTER All Scientists Meeting, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coral Gables, Florida, March 2, 2022.

Viadero, N., J. Massie, C. Eggenberger, W.R. James, R. Rezek, R.O. Santos, and J.S. Rehage. 2022. Between dry rock and a salty place: How hydrology influences the habitat use of Florida Largemouth Bass. 2022 FCE LTER All Scientists Meeting, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coral Gables, Florida, March 2, 2022.

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Rolando Santos